Carmelo Anthony shared that a young player referring to him as “Unc” made him consider stepping away from basketball. He recalled playing against the Denver Nuggets, his first game back in a while, where Michael Porter Jr. was guarding him.
After making a move to score, Porter exclaimed, “Damn, Unc, I didn’t know you still had that,” which prompted Carmelo to reflect on how he was being perceived due to his age.
Carmelo says he wanted to leave the game of basketball after a young player called him an ‘Unc’
“We’re playing Denver. This is the first time I played Denver in a long time. Go back. Michael Porter is guarding me. I catch him on, like, the right elbow and just, like, catch it,… pic.twitter.com/WIoi4jDphL
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